◇ Orix Buffaloes vs Saitama Seibu Lions 6th Round (16th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes 's Naruki Teranishi pitcher earned his first win of the season with a strong performance of 1 runs over 6 innings.

This mound came after 12 days of rest. In the first inning, they allowed infield hit to the leading Masayuki Kuwahara player, but closer the core Seiya Watanabe and An-Ko Lin players for consecutive struck out. In the top of the second inning, with two outs, he caused a crisis with a doble by Shinya Hasegawa player, but struck out Taiyo Sato swinged. Armed with a fastball top speed of 152 km/h and a fork with a drop as weapons, he took four struck out in three innings.

In the top of the 4th, An-Ko Lin player hit wall a direct doble, and Taiga Kojima player gave up one run on a timely hit. However, the next Takayoshi Yamamura player was double play and couldn't allow another goal. After that, he pitched in a field of inviting hits, and after 6 innings with 75 pitches, 5 hit no walk, 4 strike out, and 1 runs, he was taken out.

In the Samurai Japan training game in March, Teranishi pitcher showed signs of awakening, pitching 2 innings with 3 strike out. In his previous Hokkaido Nippon-Ham appearance, he pitched 3.1 innings and 6 runs, unable to fulfill his starting role, but he avenged his frustration from the previous appearance and earned his first win of the season.

◇ Teranishi pitcher Comment
"I was able to pitch carefully to each batter, and I think the fastball line improved compared to my last outing. runs I'm grateful to everyone in fielder who came from behind right after."

Text by Seiichi Nakagawa